Predatory pelagic fishes of the Bijagós Archipelago (Guinea-Bissau) show high overlap in diets dominated by sardinella

Knowledge of trophic interactions between the key components of marine communities is required to understand food-web dynamics and develop ecosystem-based management approaches. In West Africa, where fisheries sustain the livelihoods of a significant part of the human population, this understanding is even more urgent, especially in the face of rapidly expanding fisheries and some stock collapses in the region. We studied the feeding ecology of the Crevalle jack Caranx hippos, West African Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus tritor and Guinean barracuda Sphyraena afra in the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau. These are the most abundant pelagic predatory teleost fishes in the area, but little is known about their ecology despite being species with commercial and recreational value, and they likely also play an important role in various African coastal ecosystems. Our findings show a high degree of dietary overlap among these three predator species, despite some degree of segregation by prey size and type. All three predators depend on Sardinella maderensis as the most important prey, which together with other members of the Clupeidae represented 47–96% of the ingested prey items. There was little difference in the diets of the predators between the dry and rainy seasons. These novel findings suggest a ‘wasp-waist’-structured ecosystem in the Bijagós Archipelago in which S. maderensis is the central small-sized pelagic fish species, and stress the need for an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management in the region, with precautionary measures taken to avoid the overexploitation of clupeids.     

闽南-台湾浅滩渔场金色小沙丁鱼精巢的发育

金色小沙丁鱼精巢发育分为6期,精巢属于典型的叶状精巢,每一精小叶内有许多结缔组织纤维束将生殖细胞与精小叶壁联系起来。每一纤维束上连接的生殖细胞的发育都是同步的。闽南－台湾浅滩渔场的金色小沙丁鱼雄鱼1a至少生殖2次。     

青岛近海寿南小沙丁鱼Sardinella zunasi Bleeker繁殖生物学的研究

通过常规生物学测定、组织切片、电镜扫描观察等手段，分析了青岛近海寿南小沙丁鱼Sardinella zunasi Bleeker的繁殖群体构成和成熟与繁殖特征，并依此对该鱼种的资源保护措施提出了建议。     

闽南—台湾浅滩渔场金色小沙丁鱼卵巢发育的组织学研究

闽南－台湾滩渔场金色小沙丁鱼的卵母细胞发育可分为６个是相。第２时相中期卵母细胞胞质分为内外两层、卵母细胞中卵黄物质的发生和积累情况为：卵黄泡先出现于卵膜内缘区域,层数逐渐增多;卵黄颗粒出现于卵黄泡之间,逐渐向核区扩展;最后出现的是油滴,它位于核周区域,产卵后未排出的第３、４、５时相卵母细胞的退化主要是造颗粒细胞的吞噬作用进行的。根据成熟系数和组织学结果判断闽南－台湾浅滩渔场的金色小沙丁鱼属多闪产卵     

应用稳定碳氮同位素分析法研究广东流沙湾海域白腹小沙丁鱼的营养级

对2008年5—11月采集的广东流沙湾海域白腹小沙丁鱼（Sardinellaclupeoides）进行稳定碳、氮同位素比值的测定,分析比较了5个不同体长组的差异,并以此为基础推算其营养级．结果表明,流沙湾白腹小沙丁鱼的δ^13C值变化范围为一17．61％。一15．99％。,平均值为一16．59‰,与浮游动物的δ^13C均值（一17．27％0）较为相近．其6”N值变化范围为12．73％。～15．26％0,平均值为14．03％0,比浮游动物的6”N均值（10．56％0）高出3．47％0．5个体长组的8¨c、8”N平均值没有随着体长的增大而增大．由δ15N值推算出广东流沙湾海域白腹小沙丁鱼的营养级范围为2．24～3．25,平均值为2．76,符合其主要摄食浮游动物的食性．     

寿南小沙丁鱼鳞片表面结构及轮纹特征的扫描电镜观察

运用扫描电镜技术对寿南小沙丁鱼鳞片形态结构及轮纹特征进行了观察。研究结果表明：寿南小沙丁鱼鳞片属圆鳞，与鲱形鳞相似。鳞片上有多少不一呈断裂状的辐射沟，环片呈山嵴状，与辐射沟基本平行，环片脊顶上有许多大小不同的卤状粒突。鳞片侧区的年轮和副轮清晰，在与年轮相交处，环片明显呈下凹弯曲，少数发生断裂。     

Stomach contents of cetaceans incidentally caught along Mangalore and Chennai coasts of India

The stomachs of 32 individuals of seven cetacean species incidentally caught in gill net and purseseine fisheries along Mangalore and Chennai coasts (India) between 2004 and 2006 were examined. The whole stomach (fore-gut, mid-gut and hind-gut) was examined in all cases. Prey remains (666 prey items comprising six species of teleosts, one crustacean and one squid species) were found in the stomachs of eight individuals (the remaining 24 stomachs were found to be empty). All cetaceans were found to feed mostly on teleosts with wide range of trophic levels. Based on an index that included frequency of occurrence, percentage by number and by weight, the oil sardine Sardinella longiceps was the main prey in the sample. Cetaceans appear to favour both pelagic as well as demersal prey, possibly indicating surface and benthic feeding habits.     

用稳定氮同位素分析广东硇洲岛海域金线鱼营养级

应用稳定同位素方法测定广东硇洲岛海域的金线鱼(Nemipterus virgatus)鱼肉、鱼鳃、内脏团和鱼鳞的稳定氮同位素,并计算出营养级。结果表明,在规格较一致的情况下,金线鱼各部位δ15N值范围为10.09‰¹4.07‰,其中,鱼肉δ15N值范围为11.56‰14.07‰,其中,鱼肉δ15N值范围为11.56‰¹4.07‰,差值达2.51‰,平均为12.84‰;鱼鳃δ15N值范围10.41‰14.07‰,差值达2.51‰,平均为12.84‰;鱼鳃δ15N值范围10.41‰¹2.10‰,差值达1.69‰,平均为11.41‰;内脏团δ15N值范围10.09‰12.10‰,差值达1.69‰,平均为11.41‰;内脏团δ15N值范围10.09‰¹1.98‰,差值达1.89‰,平均为11.08‰;鱼鳞δ15N值范围10.10‰11.98‰,差值达1.89‰,平均为11.08‰;鱼鳞δ15N值范围10.10‰¹1.35‰,差值达1.25‰,平均为10.66‰。鱼肉、鱼鳃、内脏团、鱼鳞的δ15N值大小依次为:鱼肉、鱼鳃、内脏团、鱼鳞。由δ15N值推算出来金线鱼的营养级范围为2.4611.35‰,差值达1.25‰,平均为10.66‰。鱼肉、鱼鳃、内脏团、鱼鳞的δ15N值大小依次为:鱼肉、鱼鳃、内脏团、鱼鳞。由δ15N值推算出来金线鱼的营养级范围为2.46³.12,平均值为2.80,符合其主要摄食浮游和底栖动物的食性。     

Genetic differentiation of Japanese sardinella (Sardinella zunasi) populations in the Northwest Pacific revealed by ISSR analysis

Knowledge of population genetic structure plays an important role in fisheries management.In this research,In-ter-Simple-Sequence-Repeat(ISSR)markers were employed to evaluate the genetic structure of Japanese sardinella(Sardinella zun-asi)populations in the Northwest Pacific.Eighty seven individuals from 5 locations were screened using 4 highly polymorphic prim-ers.A total of 173 polymorphic loci were detected out of 191 loci amplified.Small but significant genetic differentiation was de-tected between the Chinese and Japanese populations by both AMOVA and pairwise FST analyses,which was further supported by cluster analysis.We consider that climate change during glaciations should be responsible for the genetic differentiation.Isolation by geographic distance among populations was observed,indicating that the distance might also lead to the genetic differentiation.However,no genetic structure was found within the populations off both the Chinese and Japanese coasts,indicating a high-level along-coast gene flow,which might result from ocean current transport and common ground for over-wintering.